Etymology

enslavement

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Today it means: The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave; bondage Full definition →

English enslave ← Middle English sclave ← Old French esclave
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Ancient GreekΣκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)
  9. Medieval GreekΣκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)
  10. Late LatinSclavus
  11. Medieval Latinsclavus
  12. Old Frenchesclave
  13. Middle Englishsclave
  14. Englishslave
  15. Englishenslave
  16. English todayenslavement

From enslave + -ment.

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